Playing the ref with a fake tax
The Liberals are playing the ref by tagging Labor’s dividend imputation policy a ‘retirement tax’. It is not surprising they see this as a productive […]
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The LNP can’t see the difference
By Jim McIntosh “Asked about Ms Banks’ complaints of bullying, Senator Hume said: ‘I – like the Liberal Party, like the voters of Chisholm – […]
Scott has a new pamphlet
As Coalition politicians flood the airwaves holding up Scott’s new pamphlet like kindergarteners proudly displaying a participation certificate, all I can think of is how […]
This election, facts will be important
Politics is a game. Its other name is, “beat your opponent.” To win you say whatever you must to get votes. In this game, truth […]
Morrison Clarifies Dress Code: Thongs Out, But Flip-flops Fine!
Just when we all thought that Donald Trump was the answer to the question: How stupid can a politician be?, up steps Australian’s contender in […]
ScoMo, where’s your trousers? A week of epic failure.
Some think, that the Rationall Spirits flye out of Animals, (or that Animall we call Man) like a swarm of Bees, when they like not […]
Schooling Senator Hinch
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, January 17 2019, the body of 21-year-old Palestinian student Aiia Maasarwe was found next to a Bundoora shopping centre in Melbourne. […]
Rather than public office, Mark Latham should seek help
After being dropped by virtually every media outlet in the country, Mark Latham is aiming to return to what he (thinks he) knows best – […]
Cry me a river; the Murray-Darling is being destroyed by greed and ignorance
A stench of putrefaction wafts over a troubled nation, this week, all the way from the tiny, dusty, outback settlement of Menindee, in far west […]
The true guardians of Australia
History, so goes the old saying, tends to repeat itself. But the tragedy unfolding in the Murray-Darling basin is unprecedented. This is new. You won’t […]
Is it really taxpayers’ money?
A short and simple tutorial… “It’s taxpayers’ money,” is an all too familiar cry, from media reporters when they try to expose spending waste, welfare […]
PaTH to Misery
By John Haly Internships ideally are supposed to equip young people with valuable skills for the development of modern work in the economy of the […]
The hounds are off the leash and it is your fault, Scott
In 2011, when Scott Morrison urged the shadow cabinet to capitalise on the electorate’s growing concerns about “Muslim immigration”, “Muslims in Australia” and the “inability” […]
Let the games begin
Neil Prakash was born in Australia, he is an Australian citizen, he is not the citizen of another country and whatever legal advice Peter Dutton […]
This is why I vote Labor
The first time that I published this post was in 2012 on the old Cafe Whispers blog, and republished it on The AIMN prior to […]